Analyze the propaganda, know what not to believe.
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 4 minutesMartinus Fredericks greets me near the police station in South Africa’s Atlantis, a town on the outskirts of Cape Town. Atlantis is covered in fog on this winter morning. After a strong handshake, we head…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesPutin stated that the Russian military will receive 10 times more drones in 2024 compared to the previous year, with plans to rapidly increase production. The focus is on expanding the range of unmanned systems,…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesIn Doha, Qatar, an art installation consisting of over 15,000 small teddy bear sculptures, representing the lives lost in Israel’s war on Gaza, has been revealed. The teddy bears, adorned in black t-shirts with a…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesNew Delhi refutes the recent Reuters report claiming India provided artillery shells to Ukraine as “speculative and misleading.” The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the report implies violations by India that do not exist.…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 3 minutesSri Lanka’s presidential election has moved to a second round for the first time as no candidate received the required 50 percent of votes. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician, secured 39.5 percent of votes,…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesThe IDF initiated a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, marking what Israeli officials refer to as a “new phase” in the conflict. Following a sabotage operation that caused thousands of Hezbollah pagers to explode,…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesThe Indian government has rejected allegations of involvement in an assassination attempt against Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York and has been summoned to a New York court. Pannun, designated as a…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesAt least 10 more people have been killed in Mexico’s state of Sinaloa, raising the total number of casualties to over 100 amid clashes between rival cartel factions. The recent violence follows the arrest of…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesMichel Barnier is working to form a coalition government in France, facing challenges as he negotiates with potential ministers. If he fails to create a new administration that can address France’s budget deficit and satisfy…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesThe Russian Education Ministry is set to fund the publication of a seven-volume encyclopedia on Islam in the country. Titled ‘Islam in the Russian Federation,’ one thousand copies will be printed in 2025. The initiative…